Amazon ECS

Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) is a fully managed container orchestration service that allows customers to run and scale containerized applications on AWS. It eliminates the need to install, operate, and scale your own cluster management infrastructure, letting developers focus on…

Key facts

First appeared: 2014
Category: technology
Problem solved: Amazon ECS was created to simplify the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications by providing a fully managed orchestration service. Before ECS, users had to manage their own cluster infrastructure, scheduling, and scaling, which was complex and resource-intensive. ECS automates these operational tasks, allowing developers to focus on building and running their applications efficiently on AWS.
Platforms: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud

Related technologies

AWS Auto Scaling
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
AWS CloudWatch
AWS App Mesh
Amazon EC2
Amazon VPC
AWS Fargate
Amazon ECR (Elastic Container Registry)
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
AWS CodePipeline
AWS CodeDeploy

Notable users

Capital One
Netflix (indirectly, via AWS services)
Samsung
Many startups and enterprises leveraging AWS
Expedia